[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4024 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4024

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the number of 
     outpatient visits for mental health care that do not require 
preauthorization for dependents of certain members of the Armed Forces.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2007

 Mr. Boozman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the number of 
     outpatient visits for mental health care that do not require 
preauthorization for dependents of certain members of the Armed Forces.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Christopher Van Der Horn Military 
Survivors Mental Health Access Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE VISITS BY DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN 
              MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) Increase.--Section 1079(i) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4)(A) With respect to outpatient mental health services for 
dependents described in subparagraph (B), preadmission authorization is 
not required for the first 16 visits.
    ``(B) Subparagraph (A) applies to outpatient mental health services 
for a dependent of a member of the armed forces who died while eligible 
to receive hostile fire pay under section 310 of title 37 or from a 
disease or injury incurred while eligible for such pay.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Paragraph (4) of section 1079(i) of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply to 
dependents of members of the Armed Forces described in subparagraph (B) 
of that paragraph who died on or after September 11, 2001.
                                 <all>